CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

KCL-00000798 Audit Services for Research Grants and Contracts.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

London and off-site.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

King's College London require each Tenderer to be able to fully comply to the Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement Annex 5 Terms of Reference for an Independent Report of Factual Findings on costs declared under a Grant Agreement financed under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme and FP7 Grant Agreement Annex VII — Form D –Terms of Reference for the Certificate of Financial statements (Appendix A) and other associated programmes (e.g. IMI, Marie Curie).

We require responses to several key questions (Questions 1 - 12) from each Tenderer .The responses will enable us to equate whether the Tenderer will meet our award criteria for the supply of Audit Services for European Commission Grants and Contracts.

We will short-list the top scoring responses and ask them to attend a clarification/presentation meeting. The purpose of these meetings will be to clarify any areas of their bids which need clarification and to validate our assessment of the supplier's understanding of the differences between FP7 and Horizon 2020 and general audit work. In light of these meetings we may modify our scores given to the written bids.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

KCL-00000798

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

FP7, Horizon 2020 and other research grants (various).

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice